Ulta Haul ...Whoop Whoop!

Guess who had a ball at Ulta the other day?

Yea yea...it was ME :D 

It wasn't intentional, but everything I purchased ended up being from the brand Essence...kind of odd, right?

From the Essence Blossoms etc... collection for Spring, I got a lipgloss called Naive, and three polishes. The polishes are I Like (mint green), Forget-Me-Not (periwinkle blue), and Bloom-A-Loom (lavender).

I also picked up all three of their new gel liners! I purchased London Baby (brown with shimmer), Berlin Rocks (purple with shimmer), and Midnight in Paris (black...no shimmer..BOO). 

I also bought a mini nail polish called Irreplaceable. I can't wait to swatch that one..sooo much shimmmaaaah!!! 

I also purchased two essence brushes. I bought their gel eyeliner brush, and the smokey eye brush, which is basically a small blending brush.

Here's the haul video, where I'm a bit more descriptive about the items:

ALSO, here's a song I've been jamming to all day! It reminds me of old school R&B a little bit from the late 90s... it's Mary J. Blige featuring Nicki Minaj. The song is called "Feel Inside". ♥ !

 

Rihanna "Man Down" Inspired Makeup!

FINALLY here's my post on the Rihanna "Man Down" Inspired Makeup Tutorial I did!

 Please excuse the mug on my face! XD

Product list

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Wet N' Wild e/s Palette in Walking On Eggshells (the vanilla highlight color)
Wet N' Wild Palette in Vanity (golden, shimmery highlight color & soft brown dupe)
NYX Nude on Nude Palette
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Zero
Too Faced Naked Eye Palette (matte black)
L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara


Face:

Mac Studio Fix Fluid in NC42

Mac MSF in Medium/Dark

NYX Copper Blush

Lips:
NYX Orange Lip Pencil (just got this, plus their new lipstick colors! Haul coming soon! ^_^)
Mac Hibiscus Lipstick

I think this would make a nice "everyday" look, but that's just me.

I hope you guys like it!

xoxo

Sinful Colors Adventure Island Collectin = OPI Pirates Of The Caribbean Collection?

Lookie what I found at my local Rite Aid....

The new Sinful Colors collection, ADVENTURE ISLAND!!!

the colors left to right: Adventure Island, Open Seas, Seaweed, Star Fish, Verbena 

But wait...

Don't these colors look familiar?

YES they do!

If you're a nail polish-aholic like myself, then you know that OPI released a collection this spring called the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. It was inspired by the movie with the lovely, handsome, pirate of my dreams Johnny Depp. 

see? Quite similar right?

Gotta love drugstore dupes and friendly, informative makeup forums!!! These Sinful Colors nail polishes retail for about $1.99, where as the OPI polishes retail for about $8.50 a piece. Also, a lot of colors from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection are sold out everywhere I go!

If you can't get your hands on those OPIs, or even if you just want to save a few bucks, I totally recommend these new Sinful Colors polishes! =D

Nail Of The Day: Sally Hansen Delphinium (Spring 2011 Tracey Reese Collection)

I seriously cannot get enough of Sally Hansen's Spring 2011 Tracey Reese collection!

Delphinium is the perfect dusty lavender for me! ^_^

I'm in love guys....

It's pastel, but not too pastel-y...just lovely!

Sally Hansen's Delphinium is available at Rite Aid and Walgreens for about $7.99. They were also carrying the Tracey Reese collection at Target last month, but I'm assuming most of the colors are sold out already since they were only $5 there. Feel free to still try your luck at your local Target if you're interested! I know if I tried, I would fail (totally not even close to being the luckiest person in the world, unfortunately...).

If you'd like to know more about Sally Hansen's designer collection for this Spring please click HERE for my original post!

What are your opinions on "dusty" pastel colors? Cute? Or not "Springy" enough? And did any of you pick up a color from Sally Hansen's spring line? =)

Outfit Of The Day: Knee High Socks In The Summer!

Hey my loves!

Here's an outfit I wore the other day. Very simple and plan, but also cute.

I love how the knee high socks and the head wrap give the outfit a little edge, don't you?

head wrap - H&M

knee high socks - Ann Taylor

boots - Forever 21

Since so many asked, on my lips I was wearing Mac's Hibiscus lipstick from the new Surf Baby collection! Click here to see my blog post on that collection.

Here's the video where this outfit was featured:

Mac Surf Baby Haul, Swatches & Review!

Hey loves! I finally have received everything I purchased from the Mac Surf Baby collection, so that means HAUL, SWATCHES & REVIEW!!!

I purchased one lipstick, three eyeshadows, and a blush. I've been eying the Surf The Ocean Pigment Stack that was also released with this collection, but every time I'm ready to purchase it it's sold out =(

*sad sigh*

The only lipstick I purchased was Hibiscus. Hibiscus is a lovely coral-y red lipstick. It's a cremesheen lipstick, so it slightly sheer but still moisturizing. 

The only blush released in this collection was My Paradise. It's a coral blush, with a thick gold over-spray.

And here's swatches of both My Paradise and Hibiscus:

My Paradise on the left (over-spray & blush mixed, blush, gold over-spray) Hibiscus on the right

On to the eyeshadows!

Here's Sun Blonde

Swell Baby

Surf USA

And here's swatches of all three eyeshadows

L to R: Surf USA, Swell Baby, Sun Blonde

Finally, here's swatches of EVERYTHING

My favorite eyeshadow of the three I purchased is Surf USA. All of the eyeshadows are pigmented, but I feel like Surf USA had the best pigmentation.

My favorites from this entire collection are undeniably Hibiscus and My Paradise. I love how My Paradise looks on my skin tone, and Hibiscus is flattering on everyone! I also believe My Paradise works on a wide range of skin tones!

Lastly, here's my haul video of the Surf Baby collection

What did you guys think of this collection?

Outfit Of The Day & Face Of The Day! *6/5/11*

The posting of the outfit of the day is sooo long overdue.. 

Here's an outfit I wore bowling. Before my friends and I even got to the bowling alley, one of them said "It looks like you won't have to pay for any bowling shoes...you've already got your's on!"

Ha...ha...not funny -___-

top - Forever 21

jeans - Urban Outfitters

belt - vintage

shoes - Steven (Steve Madden brand)

eyes - Too Faced Neutral Eye Palette

lips - Mac Candy Yum Yum